PEERS

We get it, peers. As entrepreneurs we want to make it all happen (and quickly) but sometimes you realise you can’t do everything yourself. Asking for help can be the necessary tool to reach farther t…

Like most immigrants, Ahmed Elsamadisi felt he needed to assimilate. After moving from Egypt to the United States, the entrepreneur even decided to take acting classes to develop an American accent. …

How are you defining your goals, peers? Are you constantly aiming for five years down the track? Maybe your goals are simply ticking the day-to-day tasks off your list?

Over the course of his career, …

When was the last time you rested, peers? Not just scrolling-Instagram-rested but properly rested?

After studying for years to become a lawyer, working in corporate, and then launching her own busines…

When did you realise you were an entrepreneur? For Lissele Pratt it was when she created a jewellery business at the age of 16. After selling her jewellery at London’s infamous Camden Market, today L…

We’ve probably all said it before: I’ll be happy when I get that promotion, the new house, the dream client, the pay rise. As ambitious people, it’s easy to get caught up in the grind and chase of st…

How does your workplace treat you? Do you feel valued? Supported? Or do you feel like a cog in a machine? 

Reggie James is the CEO and Founder of consultancy group, Beaker & Flint, and began to grow f…

Believe it or not, back in 2014, Instagram was almost an entirely different platform than what it is today. Before the selfies and #sponcon, it was originally a photo sharing app to connect with frie…

In her early twenties, Priscilla Hajiantoni was working a corporate job and was on her way to owning a property with her partner. 

But, like many entrepreneurs before her, Priscilla felt called to som…

From being a TAFE drop-out to traveling across the world, Hayley Worley has had a unique path to entrepreneurial success. 

It was after an unpleasant experience in a department store, that the former …

For some people, going into the family business is a no-brainer. 

And for today’s guest, Kaushal Shah, it was through this common path that he discovered a problem worth solving. 

Inspired by his paren…

Like many of us, Angel Chen assumed that her philanthropic work would come after she’d spent years in her cushy corporate job. Once she’d made the money. Once she had the time. Once she’d done enough…

The pandemic has taken every single one of us on our own individual, and collective, roller coaster rides. But can you imagine starting a job heading up marketing in the Asia Pacific region for a com…

As the child of Chinese immigrants, Amy Yu knew that her path was to study hard, get an education and step into a stable job. But after her studies took her from Western Australia all the way over to…

Have you ever known that something wasn’t for you? Whether it was a new job or a new course, you just knew deep down that you weren’t meant to be there? That’s how today’s guest, Amna Akhtar, the Fou…

As entrepreneurs, working with a mission is ingrained. The inherent nature of working for a better future keeps us committed when the going gets tough. In every Peers2Peers episode, we ask our clever…

We’re three quarters through 2021, peers. While you may be wondering if you’ve “done enough” for your business this year, our Founder and CEO, Michelle Akhidenor wants you to know that it’s okay to t…

Rejection, loneliness, anxiety; emotions us humans tend not to like. But sometimes, they can be the catalyst to change the course of our lives. 

Ella Greenwood was just 13 years old when she began to …

Colombo-based entrepreneur and Founder of Surge Global, Bhanuka Harischandra always felt like the black sheep in his family.  With academic pressures plaguing his future, a teenaged Bhanuka turned to…

When today’s guest moved from Bangladesh to America, she never imagined that she’d one day be receiving an award from President Barack Obama himself. 

After arriving in the US to gain an education, Sh…